The latest pro-E-Tax event reminds us that Kansas City has a long history of paying this levy . . . Also, this is where Mayor-Elect Sly James starts his work toward creating "unity" . . . Check it:
MAYOR ELECT SLY JAMES AND INCOMING COUNCIL MEMBERS TO RALLY FOR THE E TAX.
For the first time since Tuesday's election, Mayor elect Sly James and the 12 incoming Council members will come together to ask voters to renew the City's Earnings Tax, which is on the April 5 ballot.
The event will be at 5:00 p.m. this afternoon at the Ike Davis Statue across from the north door of the City Hall.
The Ike Davis statute is located on the Southwest corner of the Ilus Davis Park at 11th and Oak Streets.
Former Mayor Davis, who served from 1963 until 1971, proposed the City's Earnings Tax. The first one half percent was passed by voters in 1963 and the additional one half percent in 1970.
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...probably not best to tout a tradition of ignorance.
ReplyDeleteA tradition that takes taxpayers money gives to corrupt politicians to waste it.
ReplyDeleteA tradition that causes otherwise honest citizens to not pay it and others to move to avoid it. For those of you who continue to claim it does not discourage growth, I hope you are intentionally saying something you don't really believe. Otherwise, you are truly out of touch.
ReplyDeleteI have lived here all my life and but for my spouse working in the city (so no avoiding it), we would move. We have discussed changing jobs so we can move but she likes her job too much.
BTW Her company has considered moving out of the city and took a poll within the employees as to what their thoughts were on relocation. Overwhelmingly, employees said they would like to stay close but outside KCMO to avoid the e-tax. I hope they listen. I am just tired of the BS in this city. I hear all the whining on here about the urban core not getting anything and that is BS. More city services are directed there than anywhere else. I heard these stats at a town hall meeting. It was right there on a nice color coded chart. Crime in the core is growing and the schools are getting worse. I'm tired and the older I get the less I want to carry on with all this.
I'm ready to move to a quiet suburb.
Kansas City a City that Works !
ReplyDeletePoor service, high crime.
The E-Tax is used to fund failed Tif projects, lawsuits, political gaffs.
Rob the worker and give to the rich politically connected.
ALL of the above are TRUE!!! And that's just why they will vote to keep it. Doing away with the e-tax will mean more out of pocket expense for the kcmo citizens.
ReplyDelete"more out of pocket expense for the kcmo citizens."
ReplyDeleteGoing in the pockets of politicians not to City services.
The doors to the asylum were unlocked on Tuesday. All the wingnut losers are now out campaigning against the earnings tax. I love this city -- more loons than you can count. Fortunately, voters don't listen to their crazy shit.
ReplyDelete7:44 - so, you're supporting a tax so you can avoid going in to the pockets of citizens?? ironic. moronic.
ReplyDeleteas a business owner in KCMO, i get offers from every nearby city/state to move out of KCMO and the first thing they mention is how much they know my employees hate the E Tax!
9:12 Reading comprehension is not one of your strong points.
ReplyDeleteE-Tax is totally going to pass again. Hahaha, how does it feel to be on Team Tracy "asshat" Ward, 9:12?
ReplyDeleteThe E-Tax is Toast.
ReplyDeleteWhile there has been modest growth in the number of residents of the Kansas City area living on the Kansas side, there has been even more growth in the number working on the Kansas side. In fact, substantial employment growth on the Kansas side is closing the gap between the numbers of jobs on the two sides of the State line, with Kansas’ share of the MSA’s total employment increasing from 38 percent in 1990 to 44 percent in 2007. A single county, Johnson, is responsible for more than 90 percent of the growth in the Kansas portion of the MSA.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2009/09/art2exc.htm
If this were Paris, the E-tax would be French toast.
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